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SUMMARY:City of Mentor Midlands Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Medilink Midlands and the Greater Birmingham Transatlantic Chamber of Commerce invite you to an informal evening to meet with colleagues from the City of Mentor. \nWe are delighted to be welcoming a team of representatives from our longstanding partners at the City of Mentor\, Ohio to the UK on their latest trade mission\, including: \n\nKen Filipiak\, City Manager/CEO\, City of Mentor\nKevin Malecek\, Director of Economic Development and International Trade\, City of Mentor\nKim Holizna from the Ohio Aerospace Institute (TBC)\n\nThis informal networking event\, offers you the chance to scope out potential opportunities for entering the lucrative US market. The City of Mentor is a powerhouse of innovation\, being home to more than 300 manufacturers with particular strengths in advanced manufacturing\, aerospace\, polymer\, and biomedical industry clusters. This setting will provide a forum to discuss the prospects for investment in the City of Mentor\, as well as establishing connections between UK healthcare\, aerospace\, and precision manufacturing businesses and appropriate partners and organisations in the US. \nUvamed\, a Medilink member company\, were introduced to our City of Mentor partners during their first visit in 2018 and have been working with them ever since. Keith Fawdington\, Uvamed’s Director\, writes: \n“Uvamed has long held ambitions to expand into the US. Our products fulfil a real need in the American healthcare market and Medilink Midlands\, working in collaboration with the City of Mentor and Uvamed\, have helped us towards that ambition. Since attending the first Medilink Midlands trade mission in October 2018\, Uvamed has worked with Medilink and the City of Mentor to establish US offices and make in-roads into America.” \nFor your chance to open the door to similar success\, join us at the Edgbaston Park Hotel\, Birmingham on Wednesday 5th October from 5.30pm . \nEmail zoeh@medilinkmidlands.com to confirm your place. \nFurther information on the City of Mentor can be found City of Mentor
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/an-informal-evening-with-the-city-of-mentor/
LOCATION:Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre\, 53 Edgbaston Park Road\, Birmingham\, B15 2RS
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Medilink Midlands":MAILTO:zoeh@medilinkwm.co.uk
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SUMMARY:EMAHSN Innovation Academy MODULE J: Navigating the Digital Health Landscape
DESCRIPTION:The East Midlands Academic Health Science Network Innovation Academy is open to anyone to register. Once registered\, participants will have access to a range of modules\, each including a webinar\, live Q&A session with the experts and online resources.The webinars are on demand\, so can be accessed at any time\, with the live Q&A session for each module being scheduled throughout 2022 \nFor further details/to watch the ON-DEMAND webinar or join the live Q&A session please CLICK HERE to Sign up for the Academy and to register for this module.\nThis module will provide you with a broad overview of the digital health landscape and the factors that digital health innovators may need to consider. These include involving people in the development of your product and value proposition. There are a wide range of digital stakeholders within the NHS which can make it challenging to navigate. \nMikes differentiates these stakeholders along with highlighting the regulations and evidence around digital health. The concept of digital health reimbursement is also covered throughout this module\, signposting to key resources to help innovators understand more about each of these factors. \nPresenter / expert\n\n\n Mike Watson – Digital Lead\, EMAHSN \n \n\n\n 
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/emahsn-innovation-academy-module-j-navigating-the-digital-health-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Project Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221006T110000
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Routes to Funding
DESCRIPTION:Silverstone Technology Cluster \nMedilink Midlands\, as a long-established membership organisation\, has links and relationships with a wide variety of companies and organisations across the health support landscape both regionally and nationally. \nIn this webinar\, supported by Hexagon\, they will be looking at what Medilink Midlands can do to support business in the MedTech/Health and Wellbeing areas as well as any transitioning or considering development towards the health sector. \nThey will be covering the grants still available through Medilink Midlands and looking at what else is out there in the funding landscape at that time (Autumn 2022) across the Midlands region. \nThey will also look through the most common errors when completing grant application forms. \nWe will provide Medilink Midlands experts in all these areas but also will be inviting Innovate UK/Innovate Edge and other funding bodies to participate particularly if there is a specific ‘call’ coming up autumn 2022. \nBook your ‘FREE’ place HERE. \nTimings:  11.00am – 12.00noon \nThis is an online Webinar\, supported by Hexagon and joining instructions will be sent to you the day before to join via Zoom.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/routes-to-funding/
CATEGORIES:Other Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221011T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221011T110000
DTSTAMP:20260415T054832
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Making Sense of Intellectual Property for Medtech Start-Ups
DESCRIPTION:This talk is aimed at inventors and technologists\, leaders and entrepreneurs at medtech start-ups and early stage companies. \nIntellectual property is the most important asset of most tech start-ups.  Ensuring that your IP is protected in an appropriate way is a significant consideration when seeking funding to grow and underpins the future success of your company. \nThis talk outlines things to consider when you are starting out to put your IP strategy on a good path to protect your innovation\, get ready for investment and avoid some common mistakes. \nJoin Medilink\, Dr Daniel Hudson\, UK and European Patent Attorney\, Partner at Potter Clarkson and Clark Crawford\, Innovation & Commercial Services lead\, West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) at this webinar to understand and ‘make sense’ of intellectual property in the medtech space. \nDURATION: 1 hour \nTO SECURE YOUR FREE PLACE CLICK HERE\nSpeaker: \n \nDr Daniel Hudson\, UK and European Patent Attorney\, Partner at Potter Clarkson\nDaniel is a partner in the electronics and computing patent group at Potter Clarkson\, an award-winning\, top-tier firm of European patent and trade mark attorneys and IP solicitors. He works with innovative organisations to recognise and protection inventions. Dan drafts and prosecutes UK and European patent applications in the digital heath space\, and works with patent attorneys around the world to manage the international prosecution of families of patent applications. He particularly enjoys addressing the challenges involved with prosecuting related families of patent applications to obtain comprehensive protection for his clients’ inventions in view of their commercial objectives.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/ip-making-sense-of-intellectual-property-for-medtech-start-ups/
CATEGORIES:Medilink Midlands Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Medilink Midlands":MAILTO:zoeh@medilinkwm.co.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221012T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221012T110000
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SUMMARY:NEW DATE - WEBINAR: Video Marketing for Life Science Companies: Increasing Awareness\, Engagement\, and Investment Potential
DESCRIPTION:    \n  \n  \n \n \n\n\n\n\nNEW DATE! This event was original scheduled for Tuesday 4 October but had to be unavoidably postponed. \nNow\, more than ever\, video provides incredible opportunities\, enabling organisations to promote products\, explain processes and raise the profile of their brand. In this Life Sciences Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG) webinar\, we will be discussing how life science organisations can harness the power of video – tailoring it to the needs of their organisation and audience. We’ll be discussing how video can be used to tell powerful stories\, enable viewers to process high volumes of content\, communicate complex subject matters and increase their appeal to investors in engaging and memorable ways. \nThe presentation will be hosted by Robin Bodicoat\, Head of Marketing at Touchlight\, and the guest presenter will be Tim Bassford\, an award-winning filmmaker and Creative Director of Turbine Creative\, who specialises in marketing for the life science industry. Tim will provide insights and recommendations on relevant and innovative video solutions related to the industry\, which will increase awareness amongst your customer base\, maximise client relationships\, and support collaboration amongst your employees. \nBOOK YOUR FREE PLACE NOW\nLearning points include:\n• Different video solutions – various video types that can be used to meet different needs\n• Latest innovations in video – which can empower Life Science organisations\n• How to get the most out of video – practical tips and key considerations\n• Delivering video – the most appropriate and successful platforms to use for your needs\n• Budget – what sort of costs to expect\, and what can be achieved for different budgets \nPlus there will be time for the audience to ask questions. \nThis free-to-attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund\, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. This event is classed as State Aid to participating businesses\, the value of which is £190\, but is delivered completely free of charge to participants. \nPlease note: whilst this event is held as part of the INSTILS programme\, attendance is not restricted to companies in the D2N2/NG area and is open to all. \nDURATION: 1 hour \nSpeaker Profiles:  \n \nRobin Bodicoat – Head of Marketing\, Touchlight \nRobin is the CIM qualified\, Head of Marketing at Touchlight Genetics\, a London-based biotech focused on the discovery and development of DNA-based genetic medicines\, including DNA vaccines and gene therapies. He is also an active Board Member of the BMC (Business Marketing Club)\, which is the independent voice of the B2B marketing industry. He has 20+ years’ experience in Life Sciences\, Pharma and Healthcare\, with knowledge in marketing campaign planning and strategy\, and brand development. In 2017 he managed the global re-brand of Quotient Sciences \n  \n  \nTim Bassford\, Creative Director\, Turbine Creative \nTim is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of Turbine Creative\, a Nottingham based creative agency working with ambitious brands both locally and across the world. Tim has previously provided expert content marketing services to organisations such as Thermo Fisher Scientific\, Beckman Coulter\, Johnson & Johnson\, the BBC and Team GB to name a few. Tim has over 15 years’ experience in the creation of engaging video content for B2B clients and has won industry awards along the way for his innovative\, creative and diverse portfolio.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-using-video-marketing-to-increase-awareness-engagement-and-investment-potential-for-life-science-companies/
CATEGORIES:Project Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Teresa O'Rourke":MAILTO:info@medilinkmidlands.com
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SUMMARY:SEHTA 2022 MedTech Expo
DESCRIPTION:For over 17 years\, South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA) has developed an excellent reputation for support of its 1\,400+ members\, especially SMEs\, through its one-to-one mentoring\, fund-finding\, consultancy and events programme. \nLast year we ran our 2nd International MedTech Expo & Conference\, as hybrid – a combination of an attended in-person and virtual event\, aimed at SME’s\, Corporates\, Academics & NHS Healthcare Providers\, designed to take the programme of support to another level. We had 35 Sponsors and Exhibitors from all over the UK\, Europe and Rest of the World and over 150 delegates took part. \nFor 2022 we are organising this event as an attended live event only. \nProgramme: \nEXPO OPENS – 09:00\nCONFERENCE STARTS – 10:00\nEXPO CLOSES – 17:00\nCONFERENCE CLOSES – 17:30 \nClick here for more information and to register.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/sehta-2022-medtech-expo/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221018T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221018T133000
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: Women's Health: A Holistic Approach
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 18th October marks World Menopause Day. We’ll be hosting our next Food Supplements Special Interest Group (SIG) to mark the occasion\, with an in-person event dedicated to exploring how nutrition and supplementation can positively impact women’s health. The event will be held at Meetpoint Midlands in Kegworth. \nIn addition to updates from our event partners\, Jenson R+ (Janet Worrell and Mihai Inceu) and SIG co-organiser\, Nick Bennett (ADM Protexin)\, we’ll hear presentations from guest speakers including: \n\n Esther Mills Roberts\, HFMA  – Collagen: Research\, Regulations and Opportunities\nGeorge Donnely\, Hemogad – Ferritin: Unmet needs and Solutions\nJolanta Borkowska\, The Holistic Pharmacist – A holistic approach to perimenopause and menopause: How functional testing\, nutrition\, supplements and lifestyle factors can help balance hormones and ease symptoms\n\nThis event is open to all and intends to provide both an overview of the latest developments and opportunities in the sector\, as well as practical guidance for those wishing to learn more about how supplementation\, nutrition and lifestyle choices can positively impact women’s health. Secure your place at this timely event via the link below. \n		\n					\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n									\n					\n						\n									BOOK NOW\n					\n					\n				\n								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n		\n  \nSpeaker profiles\n \nJanet Worrell\, Head of Regulatory Affairs\, JensonR+ \nPresentation: Introduction and Panel Chair \nJanet is based at JensonR+ Limited’s Nottingham office. She previously ran her own consultancy business\, consult2deliver limited\, where she collaborated with OTC Experts. She developed her regulatory skills at Thomas Kerfoot and Medeva\, before moving to 3M as the global regulatory lead for Qvar. Her first role in OTC medicines began at Boots the Chemist\, before transferring to senior roles within Boots Healthcare International. She subsequently worked at Vectura\, and later became Head of Innovative Regulatory Affairs at Boots Pharmaceuticals. Janet is the co-founder of the Food Supplements SIG. \n \nNick Bennett\, Head of Product Development\, ADM Protexin \nPresentation Title: Andropause and Menopause \nNick’s career in food supplements spans over 25 years. He has worked with organisations of all sizes\, focusing on the technical and regulatory aspects that underpin product development. His passion is designing formulations that contain a worthwhile and appropriate amount of each ingredient\, as well as increasing consumer understanding around choosing worthwhile products that suit their budget and individual needs. A registered nutritionist for 20 years\, Nick is excited about joining ADM Protexin as Head of Product Development\, producing pre\, pro and postbiotic based products for animals and humans which can profoundly support health and wellbeing. \n \nMihai Inceu\, Senior Regulatory Officer\, JensonR+ \nPresentation Title: Product Characterisation: Natural Health Products \nMihai is currently based in London and Nottingham for JensonR+ Ltd. While at the Faculty of Chemistry in Cluj-Napoca\, Mihai was awarded a research scholarship for a study monitoring pesticide residue in Romanian wines\, while also working on developing extraction techniques to enable the identification of fake food products on the market. \nAfter a short spell at Ranbaxy as a Bioequivalence Scientist\, Mihai worked for 5 years at Nelsons within quality control\, quality assurance\, and later Regulatory Affairs\,  where he focused on food supplements\, cosmetics\, traditional herbal remedies and homeopathic remedies. He has expertise in regulatory complications relating to uncategorised products \n \nEsther Mills-Roberts\, Director of Communications\, HMFA \nPresentation Topic: Collagen: Research\, Regulations\, Opportunities \nEsther Mills-Roberts is Director of Communications at the Health Food Manufacturers’ Association. She is a registered AfN nutritionist\, and BANT registered nutritional therapist. Well-known for her passion for nutritional science\, Esther enthusiastically communicates at every level; business\, practitioner and the consumer. She spent many years editing and writing for publications ranging from Journals\, through to trade health publications\, consumer press and digital \n \nJolanta Borkowska\, The Holistic Pharmacist \nPresentation Title: A Holistic Approach to Menopause: How Functional Testing\, Nutrition\, Supplements and Lifestyle Factors Can Help Balance Hormones and Ease Symptoms \nJolanta Borkowska is a holistic pharmacist and nutritional therapist\, helping people transform their health using advanced scientific testing and personalised nutrition and lifestyle medicine. \n \nGeorge Donnelly\, Founder & CEO\, HemoGAD \nPresentation Title/Topic: Ferritin: Unmet needs and Potential Solutions \nGeorge Donnelly is the Inventor\, Founder and CEO of HemoGAD. A diagnosis of Haemochromatosis in his early 40’s led George to study the effects of Iron overload. Considered a patient expert with his peers\, his goal is to educate and help patients manage their care routines effectively. \n  \nThis free-to-attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund\, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. \nPlease note: whilst this event is held as part of the INSTILS programme\, attendance is not restricted to companies in the Derby/Derbyshire/Nottingham/Nottinghamshire area and is open to all. \n 
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/in-person-event-womens-health-a-holistic-approach/
LOCATION:MeetPoint Midlands\, Conference Centre\, 28 High Street\, Kegworth\, Derbyshire\, DE74 2DA
CATEGORIES:Project Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221019T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221019T140000
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: The Future of Remote Monitoring and Virtual Wards
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) industry event programme\, aimed to support the West Midlands innovation ecosystem\, and to make the West Midlands healthier\, more productive and deliver the best possible clinical outcomes for patients. \nEvent overview: \nSince covid we have seen a rapid rise of acceptance and use with remote monitoring and virtual wards within the health care sector\, and this in person event will look at the past\, present\, and future demands within the remote monitoring and virtual ward landscape\, and what individuals\, including innovators\, suppliers\, clinicians\, and service providers need to collectively consider. \nEvent to cover: \n\nWhat is the technical scope\nWhat is required (DTAC\, regulations and requirements)\nWho are the customers? And how to approach\nIntegrated care\, do we have the systems to facilitate?\nMarket opportunities (NHS structure\, procurement and accessibility)\nWhat is the future and potential future requirements\nFunding & support\n\n		\n					\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n									\n					\n						\n									BOOK NOW\n					\n					\n				\n								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n		\nWith presentations including: \n\nThomas Llewellyn\, Remote Monitoring Lead\, WMAHSN\nFiona Costello\, VP of National Accreditations\, ORCHA\nAdrian Smith\, WM5G Health & Care Sector Lead\, WM5G and Head of Digital Transformation\, NHS Arden & GEM CSU\nIan Newington\, Head of Special Projects\, Innovation Programmes and IP\, NIHR\nDr Masood Ahmed\, Chief Digital Officer\, WMAHSN\nChris Dyke\, Connectivity Manager\, Medilink Midlands\nEwa Truchanowicz\, Managing Director\, Dignio\nDr Noel O’Kelly\, Clinical Director (Spirit Digital) Spirit Health\n\nYou will also have the chance to put your questions to our panellist of experts. \nNearby parking is available at Faraday Wharf ( same postcode as iCentrum). \nIf travelling by train\, it is an approximate 15 minute walk from Snow Hill or New Street train station.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/remotemonitoringvirtualwards/
LOCATION:iCentrum\, Innovation Birmingham\, Holt Street\, Birmingham\, B7 4BB\, Holt Street\, Birmingham\, B7 4BB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured,Other Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221020T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221020T133000
DTSTAMP:20260415T054832
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SUMMARY:IN-PERSON EVENT: NHS Adoption of Medical Devices: Pathway to Procurement
DESCRIPTION:Want expert guidance on how to get your medical device adopted into the NHS? Don’t miss the latest session in our series of events organised in partnership with CHEATA\, taking place in person at Charnwood Campus on Thursday 20th October. Our panel brings together leaders from across the NHS\, including: \n\nNatasha Brown\, Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) Procurement\nProfessor Dan Clark OBE\, Head of Clinical Engineering for NUH\nSimon Hall\, National Clinical Engagement and Implementation Manager\, NHS Supply Chain\nDr Sarah Bolton\, Business Manager\, CHEATA\n\nThis is your opportunity to gain insight from those involved with all stages of the adoption process\, and will include ample time to pose your own questions to the panel. \n		\n					\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n									\n					\n						\n									BOOK NOW\n					\n					\n				\n								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n		\nSpeaker profiles\n \nDr Sarah Bolton\, Business Manager\, CHEATA \nSarah has been the Business Manager for CHEATA since August 2016. Prior to joining CHEATA\, Sarah was responsible for Healthcare and Medical Devices at Pera Technology\, a role which included project delivery\, client engagement and management\, project planning and management as well as bid writing for major UK and EC funding bodies. Sarah is an experienced research scientist with a background in academic and clinical inflammation research where she undertook her post-doctoral studies on inflammatory mechanisms in the brain and activation mechanisms of eosinophils in asthma. She joined AstraZeneca in 2004 as an Experimental Pathologist in the Respiratory and Inflammation Therapy area\, specialising in translation pathology of COPD and asthma. After leaving AZ\, Sarah worked as an independent consultant continuing the experimental pathology work for a range of academic and commercial clients. \nThis free-to-attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund\, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. \n \nProfessor Dan Clark OBE\, Head of Clinical Engineering\, Nottingham University Hospitals & Director\, CHEATA \nDan leads the Clinical Engineering service at Nottingham University Hospitals\, one of the largest in Europe\, which provides the full scope of equipment services including: device evaluation\, commissioning\, service and maintenance\, decommissioning and disposal.  He has considerable experience of evaluating new technologies and medical devices and introducing them into the healthcare setting. Dan also holds an honorary chair in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham and is co-director of the Centre for Healthcare Technologies\, a unique collaborative venture between Nottingham University and NUH NHS Trust specialising in the acceleration of curiosity driven science into adopted medical technology. He also chairs the NUH NHS Trust’s Medical Devices Group and sits on a number of trust-wide risk committees. Finally\, Dan was an expert member of the NICE Medical Technology Advisory Committee (MTAC) for 10 years until his “retirement” from the committee in 2019. Dan is a director and founder member of CHEATA since its inception in late 2014. Dan was awarded an OBE for Services to Clinical Engineering particularly during Covid-19 in the 2021 New Years Honours. \n \nSimon Hall\, National Clinical Lead\, NHS Supply Chain \nOriginally working in urology in London\, Simon has spent the majority of his nursing career in community services. Returning to acute care\, he became lead nurse for tissue viability at University Hospitals Bristol (UHB)\, wining the trust’s rising star award for service improvement. \nSimon was seconded to work in the Department of Health to establish if clinical input positively impacted the procurement of healthcare products.  He returned to UHB as Deputy Head of Nursing\, before joining CPP as the National Clinical Lead for Tower 5 within NHS Supply Chain. \n \nNatasha Brown\, Deputy Head of Procurement\, Nottingham University Hospitals \nNatasha has a wealth of public sector procurement experience and hold the procurement and supply chain industry qualification (MCIPS). Natasha holds a Law degree which has provided a solid foundation into the procurement and supply chain profession\, and her experience includes procurement within local authorities\, universities and housing associations as well as the NHS. \nPlease note: whilst this event is held as part of the INSTILS programme\, attendance is not restricted to the region and is open to all.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/in-person-event-adoption-of-medical-devices-pathway-to-procurement/
LOCATION:Charnwood Campus\, Bakewell Road\, Loughborough\, LE11 5RB
CATEGORIES:Featured,Project Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221020T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221020T153000
DTSTAMP:20260415T054832
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Using LIMS to Support MHRA and HTA Auditing
DESCRIPTION:Interactive Software are delighted to be hosting a live webinar on the 20th October from 2.30 – 3.30pm for Biobank Managers and laboratory professionals who would like to understand more about using LIMS to support MHRA and HTA auditing. \nThe agenda: \n\nAn introduction to Interactive Software\nLIMS for auditing and quality compliance\nNottingham University – client case study\n\nThe team at Interactive Software will talk and guide you through how a laboratory information management system (LIMS) can help support your lab processes to meet the requirements for regulatory compliance with the MHRA and the Human Tissue Act (HTA). \nCompliance is all about quality. By improving your data quality through use of timely capture\, management\, validation and formatting of sample information\, a well-designed LIMS will give you complete traceability for compliance and quality assurance. \nInteractive Software are well placed to offer advice and assistance. As developers of the Achiever Medical web-based\, laboratory information management system\, our software is trusted by Biobanks\, pharma\, research labs and biorepositories to manage\, analyse and process laboratory data accurately and securely. It is designed to instil good laboratory practice and automate lab workflows to increase efficiency and productivity. \nTo register your interest\, click here.
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/webinar-using-lims-to-support-mhra-and-hta-auditing/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221027T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221027T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T054832
CREATED:20220929T121751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T075007Z
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SUMMARY:HYBRID EVENT: Digital Technologies for Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:       \nTo mark the launch of the collaborative project between Medilink Midlands and the ARISE Innovation Hub\, part of Anglia Ruskin University\, we will be hosting an exciting hybrid event on Thursday 27th October. The event will be held at Harlow Innovation Park\, located in Essex\, within the established London-Stansted-Cambridge corridor. \nFor the first in our series of events held in collaboration with ARISE\, we’re taking the MedTech and Systems Special Interest Group (SIG) on the road. Born out of our longstanding partnership with Nottingham Trent University (NTU)\, this special interest group has met several times a year since it was first established in 2016\, and is a great example of how networks of this kind can strengthen connections between academia\, clinicians and industry. \nThis next event in the series explores how digital technologies are providing innovative solutions that are positively impacting mental health care and wellbeing more widely. We’ll hear talks from specialists working across this swiftly developing field\, covering topics ranging from AI and machine learning\, through to app-based interventions and interactive physical devices. \nThe event will be introduced by Professor Yvonne Barnett\, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at Anglia Ruskin University and Medilink Midlands Board Member. Our presentations will be chaired by Professor Phil Breedon\, Professor of Smart Technologies at NTU and leader of the MedTech and Systems Special Interest Group since its launch. \nWe will hear presentations on the day from: \n\nProfessor Graham Ball\, Executive Director of the Medical Technologies Centre\, Anglia Ruskin University & Founder-CSO of Intelligent Omics\nDr Joseph C. Manning\, MBE\, Clinical Associate Professor for the NIHR and HEE based at the University of Nottingham\nDr Sarah Wright\, Global Account Director for Blueskeye\,\nDr Will Farr\, Chief Investigator within the NHS\, Tangiball\nEmilios Lemoniatis\, Director\, Frontline Buddy & Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Digital Ethics/Innovation\, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust\n\nOffered as a hybrid event\, we’d be delighted to welcome you in person on the day. We’ll be creating a dedicated networking space alongside the formal presentations\, as well as offering a tour of the facility. We encourage you to bring along your banners and any other take-home resources to facilitate connections between attendees and hopefully spark future collaborations. \nTo join us in person at Harlow Innovation Park\, click on the button below. \nSpeaker Profiles\n \nProfessor Graham Ball\, Executive Director of the Medical Technologies Centre\, Anglia Ruskin University & Founder-CSO of Intelligent Omics \nPresentation title: Digital Innovations for Mental Health – A Partnership Approach \nProf Graham Ball is the Executive Director of the Medical Technologies Research Centre at Anglia Ruskin University and founder-CSO of Intelligent Omics.  Prof Ball specializes in the application of innovative artificial intelligence and machine learning methods to the analysis of complex data in the biomolecular\, biomedical\, and pharmacological domains. \nProf Ball has led the development and validation of bioinformatics algorithms using Machine learning to mine molecular data for the last 20 years.  He has focused on applying these approaches to public data repositories leveraging actionable and translational features from the data.  He has published over 200 journal papers and 7 patents in this area.  After a PhD (UN-funded) modelling environmental systems\, in 2000 he shifted his focus to analysis of proteomic and genomic data; searching for proteins and genes associated with cancer.  His current research focuses on innovative computational methods that allow the identification of optimized biomarker panels\, molecular systems of disease and druggable biology. \n \nDr Joseph Manning MBE\, Clinical-Academic Children’s Nurse\, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust  \nPresentation title: The SAPhE Pathway Study – Using Digital Innovation to Enhance the Safety of Children and Young People Experiencing Mental Health Crisis in Acute Paediatric Care. \nJoseph is a Clinical-Academic Children’s Nurse with a strong national and international profile within the fields of nursing\, paediatric critical care\, and clinical academic capacity and capability development. He is the first registered children’s nurse in the UK to be awarded an HEE NIHR ICA Clinical Lectureship and is seen as a trailblazer in his field. \nHe has meaningful concurrent engagement in clinical practice and research\, holding frontline healthcare and senior leadership roles at Nottingham Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professorship (Research) / Deputy Director of the Centre for Children and Young People Health Research at the University of Nottingham. Joseph leads a methodologically diverse and clinically focused programme of research with a mission to improve the experiences\, outcomes and lives of children\, young people and their families that access acute care. Over the past decade he has received more than £5.4 million in competitive grant capture from national and international funders. His contribution and leadership to the nursing profession\, clinical academic careers\, and nursing research has been recognised by being a recipient of a Chief Nursing Officer for England Gold Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 and by Her Majesty the Queen’s with a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2021. \n \nDr Sarah Wright\, Global Account Director\, Blueskeye AI \nPresentation title: Using BlueSkeye AI Face Sensing Technology to Improve Quality of Life \nAfter graduating in Anthropology at Swansea University\, Sarah worked in market research in the Travel & Tourism sector before leading a European Funded programme to support Leadership Development in Industrial South Wales which in turn introduced Sarah to Telos Partners. At Telos Partners\, Sarah led and supported programmes of work with public\, private and voluntary sector organisations focussing on sustainable growth and development. Throughout this time Sarah continued with her academic interests completing an MSc in Social Research and her PhD. Sarah’s doctoral research focused on patient-centred care in outpatient settings. Sarah has 10 years’ experience working various roles in the health sector. Before joining BlueSkeye AI\, she previously led the roll out of Patients Know Best in the devolved nations and has contributed to the review and evaluation of the delivery of local mental health services and dermatology services in Wales. Sarah is also the Vice Chair for an all Wales skin charity\, Skin Care Cymru and set up the first Cross Party Group on Skin that raises the profile of skin health in Wales. Sarah is a trustee of the Telos Foundation\, an organisation that supports and encourages sustainability and growth amongst social enterprises in the UK. At BlueSkeye AI\, Sarah leads the commercial and research partnerships that use BlueSkeye AI technology. \n \nDr Will Farr\, Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at Brighton and Sussex Medical School\, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur \nPresentation title:“Tangiball”: Acceptability of a Smart Toy for the Clinical Detection of Sensori-Motor Dysfunction in Children with Possible Autism Aged 2-5 \nWill worked as a primary school teacher over 20 years and worked as a year 6\, 5\, and reception teacher. Whilst in this role he was a DH\, AHT\, SENCO\, and co-ordinator in IT\, PE\, KS2\, Humanities\, and Literacy. \nWill now works with collaborators across the University and Healthcare sectors in various Chief Investigator or Co-applicant roles\, to assess and improve the diagnostic pathways for children with possible autism\, digital innovation for diagnosis\, and use of AI for individualised therapy. \n \nEmilios Lemoniatis\, Director\, Frontline Buddy & Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Digital Ethics/Innovation\, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust \nPresentation title: Frontline Buddy: Peer Support for a Frontline Workforce with Organisational Data Insights \n“Working in a context of limited resources and challenging circumstances\, I have been drawn to the world of innovation and digital development as a way of enabling citizens to access high quality mental health services.  Working clinically with complex cases has enabled me to creatively transfer my skillset into working with systems and people to acknowledge difficulties in the way we work as well as find ways to adapt and change.  This has led me to my current position where I practice within a portfolio of teams with shared themes of adverse experience\, neurodiversity and complexity. \nI bring my experience of talking through difficulties as a psychiatrist to help people think creatively and dialogically. This helps people develop themselves and consider the materials they are working with to develop new insights and concepts.  Having been on the NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur programme since 2019 both as a entrepreneur and as a mentor to start-ups in mental health\, I am a go-to person to guide new developments in mental health as well as understanding and living the entrepreneurial spirit of the work involved.  This has also helped me further develop my network that I have been developing nationally and internationally of people\, products and companies in this field for over 15 years.” \n 
URL:https://staging.medilinkmidlands.com/event/digital-technologies-for-positive-mental-health-and-wellbeing/
LOCATION:Harlow Innovation Park\, CM17 9LX
CATEGORIES:Featured,Medilink Midlands Event
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